entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism. …

We focus on the impact of migrants’ remittances on consumption patterns in rural China, allowing for endogeneity of … remittances and county fixed-effects. We find that the marginal propensity to consume out of remittances is close to unity, which … remittances as permanent income and are consistent with the prevalence of circular and repeat migration which is largely caused by …

economic position. We also find that remittances from females emphasize investment in home improvements and acquisition of farm … land and nonfarm assets, whereas remittances of men are channeled more toward housing assets and business ventures. …

decline when the island's currency weakens, undermining their usefulness as shock absorber. On the other hand, remittances …. The procyclicality of remittances calls into question the notion that remittances are largely motivated by altruism …

economic position. We also find that remittances from females emphasize investment in home improvements and acquisition of farm … land and nonfarm assets, whereas remittances of men are channeled more toward housing assets and business ventures. …

behind through remittances. However, splitting up families in this way may also have multiple adverse effects on education …

, remittances are beneficial. We extend this work by considering a different measure of infant health in addition to LBW: macrosomia …-migration, receipt of remittances, and return migration) and the risk of LBW and macrosomia. We examine this association using two sets … potential sources of endogeneity. Whereas community remittances and return migration are associated with lower risk of LBW, they …